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Kalajhar Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Kalajhar is a medium size village located in Tikrikilla Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 89 families residing. The Kalajhar village has population of 491 of which 260 are males while 231 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalajhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 15.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalajhar village is 888 which is lower than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalajhar as per census is 897, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Kalajhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalajhar village was 34.77 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Kalajhar Male literacy stands at 42.99 % while female literacy rate was 25.51 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kalajhar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kalajhar village.

Kalajhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 89 - -
Population 491 260 231
Child (0-6) 74 39 35
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 486 259 227
Literacy 34.77 % 42.99 % 25.51 %
Total Workers 188 86 102
Main Worker 175 - -
Marginal Worker 13 5 8

Caste Factor

In Kalajhar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.98 % of total population in Kalajhar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kalajhar village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Kalajhar village out of total population, 188 were engaged in work activities. 93.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 188 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 122 were Agricultural labourer.